Time of the Bells
Author: Richard F. Pourade
Publisher:
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells the story of how the California missions were founded, how they prospered and then died.
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Big Ben: the Great Clock and the Bells at the Palace of Westminster
Author: Chris McKay
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2010-05-27
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0191615080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book covers the history of 'Big Ben', the great clock and bells at Westminster, from the origins of Westminster as the seat of government right up to the celebrations of the Great Clock's 150th anniversary in 2009. The book begins by taking the reader through a typical visit to the Clock Tower, and then begins the history of the palace of Westminster, covering the fire of 1834, the building of the New Houses of Parliament and development of the clock and the bells, going into detail on their design and installation. The book covers the famous cracking of the current bell Big Ben in 1859, with sketches of all the characters involved, the two world wars, and the disaster of 1976. The book ends with a detailed technical description of the clock mechanism. The book is richly illustrated, and will appeal not only to clockmakers and horologists, but to bell enthusiasts, and those with an interest in our rich Victorian heritage.
The Bells of Old Tokyo
Author: Anna Sherman
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2019-05-14
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1760786446
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Bells of Old Tokyo, Anna Sherman explores Japan and revels in all its wonderful particularity. As a foreigner living in Tokyo, Sherman’s account takes pleasure and fascination in the history and culture of a country that can seem startlingly strange to an outsider. Following her search for the lost bells of the city – the bells by which its inhabitants kept time before the Jesuits introduced them to clocks – to her personal friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, here is Tokyo in its bewildering variety. From the love hotels of Shinjuku to the appalling fire-storms of 1945 (in which many more thousands of people died than in Hiroshima or Nagasaki), from the death of Mishima to the impact of the Tohoku earthquake of 2011. For fans of The Lonely City, and Lost in Translation, The Bells of Old Tokyo is a beautiful and original portrait of Tokyo told through time.
The Bells of Russia
Author: Edward V. Williams
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1400854636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 872
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaking Time
Author: Yulia Frumer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2018-01-18
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 022651644X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVariable hours in a changing society -- Towers, pillows, and graphs: variation in clock design -- Astronomical time measurement and changing conceptions of time -- Geodesy, cartography, and time measurement -- Navigation and global time -- Time measurement on the ground in Kaga domain -- Clock-makers at the crossroads -- Western time and the rhetoric of enlightenment
The Horological Journal
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-09-27
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 3368837060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1874.
The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, with Extensive Improvements and Additions, and Numerous Engravings
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 876
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCarillons of Belgium and Holland
Author: William Gorham Rice
Publisher:
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 452
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